Cat Stevens now in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (and yeah, I know he’s been a bit of a jerk here and there)
Gives me chills to listen to this. There was a time when a lot of people thought we were just on the cusp of getting there.
Maybe we still can.
What language was the subtitle in?
The subtitles are in Norwegian. This is from the Nobel Peace Prize concert.
Pretty sure it’s Danish.
I think it’s Danish, and if not, it’s Norwegian. It’s not Swedish, I know that much.
Oh.
Difficult to pick a favourite Cat Stevens song, but Peace Train is up there! “Can’t Keep It In” also!
Ja, det er Danske sprog… I mean, yes it’s Danish.
Pretty sure it’s Norwegian – the logo in the upper right, “nrk2” is for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
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Certainly not as poetic as ‘One small step for man…’, but…